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If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

Plautus

I had much rather be adorned by beauty of character than by jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, character comes from within.
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Character Fortune Jewel Myself
It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.
PLAUTUS

Greet. Poor Kindness Man Oneself Purpose Rich
No guest is so welcome in a friend’s house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
PLAUTUS

Day Friendship Guest Welcome
Ones oldest friend is the best.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
It is difficult to fly without wings.
PLAUTUS

Difficult Fly Wings
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
In everything the middle road is best.
PLAUTUS

Best Journey Road Travel
A word to the wise is sufficient
PLAUTUS

Sufficient Wisdom Word
Your piping-hot lie is the best of lies.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
There can be no profit, if the outlay exceeds it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.
PLAUTUS

Hands Injustice Simplicity
I’ve seen many men avoid the region of good advice before they were really near it.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils.
PLAUTUS

Anand Thakur
No one can be so welcome a guest that he will not become an annoyance when he has stayed three continuous days in a friend’s house.
PLAUTUS

Annoy Friendship Guest Himself Home Welcome

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

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